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The
Titan Series is a line of gateway games—casual, family-friendly tabletop games—being
created by some of the best game designers (“Titans”) in the world. Each a
legend within the gaming industry, these Titans are responsible for such wildly
popular games as Magic: The Gathering,
King of Tokyo, Shadowrun,MechWarrior, HeroClix, Quarriors!, Risk Legacy,
and many more.

Now
Calliope Games is harnessing the talents of the Titans to create games you can play with
anyone, regardless of age or skill level. Not only will you be able to play Titan
games with your regular gaming group, but your friends and family—who might rarely
touch a die—will also love playing them!

By popular demand each backer at the Muse, Titan, and Mt.
Olympus levels will now receive games printed with exclusive Kickstarter box
art.

We’ll
be releasing a minimum of nine gateway games over the next three years. Once per year a
package of three games you helped create will be delivered to your doorstep. Though
each game is expected to retail for approximately $30, backers of this
Kickstarter can get them for just $16 each. As an added benefit, you won’t have
to wait for the games to arrive to enjoy them—you’ll be an integral part of the
creation process: honing rules sets, choosing art and art styles, identifying
themes, and voting on game titles and character names. As a backer, you’ll get
the opportunity to help shape different parts of the series all along the way.

The Titans are already hard at work crafting these tabletop experiences. Our goal
is to offer games that fall within differentcategories: a party game, a word
game, a worker placement game, a light strategy game, a dice game, a game of
luck, a card game, and more. We anticipate releasing the first set of games
within 12 months of the Kickstarter funding. Current games include:

Zach & Jordan
Weisman: This clever worker placement game finds players carefully bidding to
earn items and vying for prestige. Bluffing and deduction come into play as prices for needed items
are driven up by competitors. Players must decide when to go after items and
when to profit off the actions of other players. The player to score the
highest ranking sets at the end of the game wins!

Paul Peterson: This unique
risk management game challenges players to carefully maneuver their dice from
one side of the board to the other, where locations of different point values
await. Players move and manage dice along passageways according to their rolls, all while trying to stay on the best path. Event cards provide even more excitement by helping
or hindering players’ movement. Navigate the board, risk dice along the way and
gain victory points at the end of each round. The player with the most points
at the end of three rounds wins!

Richard Garfield: How
well can you link minds with your fellow players? This hilarious,
thought-provoking party game invites players to think as one when responding to
queries. Players receive points for responding the same way as other
players—regardless of whether the other players provide a correct response. The players with the fewest points receive strikes –
collect enough strikes and the game ends!

Each of the games is intended for adults, but will be accessible by children as young as 8. Most games will support 2-6 players (sometimes up to 8), play in 60 minutes or less, and be packaged in boxes similar to our previously released games Tsuro (9"x9"x2") or Tsuro of the Seas (9.5"x9.5"x3").

Our plan is to release games by Eric Lang, Seth Johnson,
and Mike Selinker in year two. Games by Mike Elliott, Rob Daviau, and Mike
Mulvihill will follow in year three. Beyond that, we’ll see where our stretch
goals take us!

“What I really enjoy about
tabletop games is how each time you play through a game, it’s a unique
experience. It’s not just who wins and who loses, but what happens along the
way, and the stories of those games that are told for years afterward.”

—Seth Johnson, Titan Series
game designer

Legends
within the tabletop gaming industry, our Titans are what make this project so
exciting. Chances are you’re already familiar with their work; they’ve provided
us with some of the most successful hobby games ever produced, including the
Pathfinder Adventure Card Game, Smash Up, Brave New World,
and Kill Doctor Lucky. Learn more about the Titans and their
backgrounds, inspirations, and shared passion for the games they create and
play below.

Brilliant
gameplay deserves beautiful artwork. To help craft the look of the Titan
Series, Calliope has recruited world-renowned artists such as:

Join
Calliope Games and the Titans as we try to expand the tabletop gaming hobby we
all love. Pledge today, have fun, and get involved with the Titan Series! Can’t
pledge now? No problem—please tell a friend instead.

Calliope Games and the Titans thank you for
your support!

Stretch goals are an integral part of the
Titan Series. Each stretch goal that we reach unlocks a new game by the listed
designer, and allows you to choose from more games. Once unlocked, a stretch
goal game can be substituted as one of the games in any reward level, or added
on as an additional game to the reward as outlined in its description. We have several
more designers that are interested in participating as stretch goals. Let’s
unlock them all and see what they have in store for us!

Titan Gear add-ons are available to all Titan Series backers! Show your support for the Titans and your love for tabletop gaming with these stylish accessories and apparel. Simply add the cost of the desired item to your pledge.

Kickstarter exists to support and fund creative projects. It
is a platform where dreams are made reality; where those launching creative
endeavors can access a community with similar interests that can assist in
bringing recognition to and raising funds for a project. Many times,
traditional funding for these projects is inaccessible due to risk, lack of
experience, knowledge, or simply not having access to the right banks and/or
angel investor.

The Titan Series is a creative project. We have some of the
game industry’s most creative minds all agreeing to design gateway games for
us—games they don't typically have the opportunity to do. We also have
extraordinary artists willing to help bring these games to life. It’s important
to note here that Calliope is not utilizing Kickstarter as pre-order system for
finished games; we actually need the funding to make the Titan Series possible.
As an added benefit to our backers, Kickstarter provides a platform to keep
early adopters (you) engaged in the design process. We'll provide you with a
unique opportunity to view and participate in the development of the games
through updates, surveys, and interviews. The end result will be games that
you, your family, and your friends can play long after the Kickstarter has
finished.

With your support, we can bring the Titan Series to fruition
and expand the gaming community. You’ve helped us before by backing Tsuro of
the Seas and Roll For It!—both award-winning titles that have earned
a place on Wil Wheaton’s TableTop, along with our award-winning game Tsuro.
Please help us continue our quest to make great games by pledging to the Titan
Series Kickstarter.

Risks and challenges

The Titan Series is similar to a Kickstarter project for a digital game. We have solid game mechanics and the talent to bring the games together; however, the code is not complete. We feel the Titans' skills and our experience make this a very feasible project. Like all game production, time and scheduling may slip due to extended playtest periods, art creation, and editing.

The biggest foreseeable risks relate to manufacturing and shipping. These can be minimized by leveraging existing relationships with experienced factories, which are familiar with our procedures and standards of quality. Our shipping needs are handled by world-class freight forwarder Sentek International. We expect to be able to anticipate most issues and react nimbly to mitigate them.

We’re also experienced enough to know that unforeseen issues sometimes crop up. We’ve built a safety margin into our costs of goods sold to prepare us for these. To date, we've launched seven titles under the Calliope Games brand and avoided having any major production issues associated with any of them.

Kickstarter is not a store.

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MT. OLYMPUS - The gift that keeps on giving! The TITAN X3. The previous pledge level shipped to 3 different locations. Add $48 for each additional three copies of the same title. This reward will ship when product is available to all backers.